The moment of truth arrived one day in the life of Jesus and his disciples. They had been with one another for a couple of years or more, had seen his miracles and heard his teaching. So, one day he asked them:
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples,
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1 Samuel 17:40-Then he took his staff in his hand; and he chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag, in a pouch which he had, and his sling was in his hand. And he drew near to the Philistine.
Gaints that we face inside of
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Title: 12 Stones of the Memorial
Theme: To be part of a family we must lay out memorials for our children and tell them about what the Lord has in store for them.
Text: Joshua 3:1-5, 13, 4:1-7
Read Joshua 3:1-5, 13 4:1-7
INTRODUCTION:
Joshua was about to lead Israel into the
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1. Deer Hunting Embarrassment
It was Saturday morning as Jake, an avid hunter, woke up ready to go bag the first deer of the season. He walked down to the kitchen to get a cup of coffee, and to his surprise he found his wife, Alice, sitting there, fully dressed in camouflage.
Jake asked
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Rev. 2:12-17-“And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write, ‘These things says He who has the sharp two-edged sword:
“I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful
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Done as a pulpit dialogue between a spectator at the stoning of the woman taken in adultery and a prosecutor trying him for not sharing in the stoning. JMS, my initials; HM, initials of the church member who played the prosecutor.

JMS: What are you doing to me? This is outrageous! You have no business putting me on trial! I didn’t do any more than anybody else did. Let me go! This is crazy!
HM: You know exactly why I’m putting you on trial. That woman was as guilty as sin, and so are you. You were with her. You
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Jesus shows the adulterous woman mercy and reveals the scribes and Pharisees as hypocrites.

Jesus amazed Jerusalem by teaching profound doctrine even though He had no formal training. But the leaders weren’t amused; they wanted Him dead and had sent out a task force to arrest Him. But the officers refused to touch Him because they could see something unique about Him. The leaders
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Come to Jesus, Be acceptable in His sight, and Believe on Him for provision in every area of your life. We are rejected by the world, but precious in the sight of God.

- Opening Prayer -
Text: 1 Peter 2:4-10
4 Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,
5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus
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In part 1 of this series on the 12 stone memorial set up by the children of Israel after crossing Jordan, we look at the mothers of the 12 sons of Jacob and reflect on the type of the church that each represents. Each of the stones is for each of the tri

Background:
*These stones were taken out of the midst of the Jordan right where the Ark was present. They represent God’s power and authority and ability to deliver His people. They also represent all that God has brought His people through leading up to this point.
*These stones represent
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A message on how we can defeat our enemy following the example of David.

THE FIVE STONES
1 Samuel 17:38-51
INTRO: We are all familiar with the story of how little David, who was just a young lad, went to battle against Goliath, a giant in the land in those days, and how David, armed with only a sling and five stones, defeated
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God gives maturity & Christian growth as we follow His Spirit not as we follow the law. The Spirit gives life, the letter of the law kills

2 CORINTHIANS 3: 1-6 [GAINING PERSPECTIVE Series]
THE SPIRIT GIVES LIFE
[Acts 15:1-11 / Jeremiah 31:33 & Ezekiel 11:19; 36:26]
Whose endorsement is more important to you, the endorsement of men or the endorsement of God's Spirit? Would it be an endorsement of a letter of reference or the
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David put his covenant friendship with Jonathan to the test. He does so by putting his life in Jonathan's hand. It is the occasion for a confirmation of the covenant between them & also of a very sad parting.

The Life of David: David's Early Years
1 SAMUEL 20:1-23
TESTING LOYALTY
This is a sad chapter in the lives of Saul, Jonathan and David. David goes to Jonathan convinced that Saul is intent on putting him to death. David is seeking to learn what he has done to cause Saul to feel this way
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Jesus sets His face like flint to go to Jerusalem to die for us. Link inc. to formatted text, audio, PowerPoint.

Stoneface
John 12:1a
http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/stoneface.html
We're halfway through John's Gospel, but in the narrative, we are actually at the end of Jesus' public ministry, and everything we read from this point forward describe the events of just about the last week before the cross.
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Funeral service for a woman who had left a good legacy for her children.

Funeral Service for Erma Frankenbush
The story is told from many years ago of a man who worked as a lamplighter in a very small town. Each evening in the winter he could be seen walking through the snow lighting each lamp one by one. A young boy watched the lamplighter as he worked each
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They were more concerned about the sin, Jesus was more concerned about the sinner!
They were more worried about the sin, Jesus was more worried about the sinner!

John 8:1-11-1-But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2-Now early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down and taught them.
3-Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst,
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